Ciao beautiful people,
How is the new year treating you? Here we have been planning ahead and organising the coming quarter for you. Before we go into more of this just a quick update. Remember the article about weapons going missing from conflict zones by Alba, a student journalist from War Studies Department at King’s back in November? Well, the Financial Times highlighted similar concerns in one of their articles earlier this month. “Pentagon failed to track Ukraine arms worth more than $1bn, says watchdog”. Here is the link to the Financial Times article. If you want to check out Alba’s article again - you can have a look here.
Just goes to show how your peer group is keeping you well informed about crucial issues before they hit the mainstream. Don’t forget to tell your friends about this as well. 😊
Articles and podcasts we shared over the last month
You can catch up here
Arty Refugees Stories each have a 10 min podcast and a 2 min read article with an infographic summary.
📚✨ Explore Choman Hardi's powerful poetry capturing grief, anger, and resilience 🌍💔 Listen & Read here .
🌟 "Ungrateful Refugee" Author Dina Nayeri Winner of Geschwister Scholl Preis! 🏆📚 Discover the Inspiring Journey of this Refugee Artist! 🌍🎨 Listen & Read here.
👊 "A Slap in the Face" Takes Home Adelbert von Chamisso Prize 🏆🎨 Rebel Artist Finds Home in Germany 🏡🇩🇪 Listen & Read here.
Post Conflict conversations - each podcast is 10 mins and the article is 5 mins read.
🌍 Battling Health Uncertainty in Post-Conflict Iraq: Taking on Antimicrobial Resistance 💪 Listen & Read here.
🚨 Ceased Ceasefire Alert! 🌐 The Perils Encountered by Ethnic & Religious Minorities in Post-Coup Myanmar 🇲🇲✋Listen & Read here.
They are free to access for the first 3 weeks after posting 😉 Look forward to seeing which one you liked the most.
Shopping Corner 🛍️
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50% of Harper Bizarre's earnings from this gift will transform refugees into entrepreneurs. Meaning members from this low income post conflict community can take ownership of their own lives. So, basically, you fund training, inventory and business mentoring with each gift. You can buy the totes here.
For a 30% discount on these arty gifts you have to become a paid member. Membership costs less than a coffee a week. This is how we pay our bills while funding the impact we create. Don’t forget to buy Valentines Gifts your from us.
Volunteers Corner
10 students from War Studies Department, King’s College, London, will be joining us in February for 3 weeks. During this time they will be completing 3 units of work.
completing a digital journalism course certified by Reuters Foundation.
An article about a post conflict issue.
A self interview covering their backstory about their chosen topic.
Watch this space for their articles.
We have also received a large number of applications from Oxford Students for our Spring Internship.
Cassia is still travelling in Central America. She manages to find time to edit articles. Falak is working her way through her university applications, while still finding time to help out.
Great isn’t it - how many students love working with us to keep you informed and updated on current affairs and refugee related issues.
Till next month folks,
Zufi, Michael, Gerry, Taya and the team of committed professionals.
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